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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run: Left Lane: Jim Head Runs 4.939/311.99, Now #13; No Prior Run Right Lane: Phil Burkart Runs 4.797/316.38, Now #3; No Prior Run 7:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 28.04 inches, adjusted altitude 2,682 feet, track temperature 70 degrees. Head banged the blower in the first round, Burkart crossed the centerline as he
went through the lights. They make a couple of decent runs here, both right down the
groove, header flames high and steady on both cars. Burkart jumps all the way into the
third spot, Head gets in the 13th spot for now. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.820/318.39, Now #5; Best prior run: 10.089/84.67, Was #22 Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 5.294/299.06, Now #18; Best prior run: 13.542/87.31, Was #24 Capps makes a good pass and moves into the top half of the field. Gray gets about 300 feet out, starts to lose traction and has to pedal. He recovers, but doesn't get the "Wonder Wagon" into the show. Left Lane: Jack Wyatt No Time, Now #24; Best prior run: 9.181/88.89, Was #23 Right Lane: Dale Pulde Runs 5.579/263.67, Now #19; Best prior run: 10.218/90.24, Was #24 Wyatt hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Pulde mixes up cylinders all the way through the run and doesn't get in the show. Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. No Time, Now #23; Best prior run: 8.159/102.56, Was #23 Right Lane: Bob Gilbertson Runs 4.880/316.60, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.751/170.67, Was #21 Johnson's crew can't get the engine to fire and he will not make a run. Gilbertson makes a decent pass and gets in the show in the tenth spot. Left Lane: Stephen Neese Runs 5.364/268.06, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.954/107.19, Was #22 Neese keeps the candles lit all the way through the run, but he can't run quick enough to get in the field. Left Lane: Bob Bode No Time, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.738/175.43, Was #22 Right Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 4.885/300.46, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.946/309.49, Was #16 Bode gets about 300 feet out and pulls the wheels. He has to back off the throttle, the front of the car comes down and the car starts to move left. He hits the wall a little past half-track, then drifts against the wall again near the end of the track. Pedregon goes right down the groove and gets off the bump into the 11th spot. Left Lane: Gary Scelzi Runs 4.772/322.42, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.998/254.86, Was #17 Right Lane: Jerry Toliver Runs 5.012/289.01, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.929/308.00, Was #15 Scelzi makes a great pass, going right down the groove and taking the pole for now. Toliver starts mixing up cylinders at the hit, he stays on the throttle, then the engine explodes in a ball of flame. Left Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 11.926/67.63, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.888/306.26, Was #13 Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 12.629/81.80, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.909/313.29, Was #15 Arend goes up in smoke right off the line, Bartone about 100 feet out. Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 10.834/80.01, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.877/317.94, Was #10 Right Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 4.864/315.86, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.893/309.91, Was #14 Bazemore makes a decent pass and gets in the top half of the field. Pedregon has traction problems early and has to abort the run. Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.786/327.43, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.867/320.05, Was #9 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.870/318.47, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.871/318.39, Was #10 Force makes an almost flawless run and gets in just behind Scelzi. Pedregon goes right down the groove and almost equals his first run. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 13.285/83.63, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.796/323.97, Was #4 Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 4.838/320.20, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.866/322.34, Was #9 Wilkerson hit the throttle and strikes the tires. Densham kept the candles lit all the way through the run and moves up a notch to 8th. Left Lane: Eric Medlen Runs 4.770/322.11, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.794/322.27, Was #3 Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.776/321.73, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.815/320.51, Was #6 A great side-by-side, both cars go right down the groove and get in the top two spots.
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